Cot or bed.



H. S. JONES.

COT 0R BED. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 5, 1911..

Patented Feb, 2o. 1912.

HENRY s. .ionns, or AUGSTA, GEORGIA.

COT 0B BED.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 20, 1912.

Application led September 5, 191.1.. Serial No. 647,703.

airns primarily to provide a cot or bed so constructed that its head end may be `projected' through an open window so that the occupantof the cot or bed `may breathe fresh air without being ex osed to drafts.

Another ailn of t e invention is to'provide a -cot or'bed so constructed that it may be arranged as above described without re- Lvide, in a cot or quiring to have any of itsparts adjusted or rearranged, or secure 1n any way to,

Another object of the invention is to probed of the type.: above described, an linsect screen so arranged as to not only protect the head .of the occupant of the cot .or bed, but also to prevent the entrance of insects through the open window in which the cot is positioned.

' For a full understanding -of the invent-ion reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, 1n wh1ch:- u

` Figure 1 1s ,a view partly inside elevation and partly in longitudinal section showing acct or bed constructed in accordance with the `present invention. Fig. 2 is .a perspective view of the vcot or bed.

.Corresponding and like parts are re' fel-red to in the following vdescription and indicated inail the views ofthe accompanyp ing drawing by ters. Y v

In they drawing, the frame of the, cot or bed'is illustrated as including sides 1, a foot.

the same reference characboard '2, and a head-board 3, although it? will be readily understood that this framev may be constructed of any suitable Ametal instead vof from wood, if desired. VThe foot end ofthe hed frame is supportedby suitable legs 4 which are preferably provided with' casters 5' at frame is also supported by legs .6 which are 'secured to the 'side members .l of the frame at points more or less removed from the head-board 3, and t-hese legs 6 arealso pnof vided .with casters indicated bv the 11u-"'- meral 7, .it being understood that the proof casters '5 and 7 permits of the cot cross-piece 9.

their' lower ends and theor bed being moved about from place to place over the floor surface upon which the casters rest. The legs 6 are extended above the sides 1 of the frame of the cot or bed to forni standards 8 and these standards are connected at their upper ends by means of a The vertical edges of the legs and standards 6 and- 8 which are presented toward the head end 0f the Cot or bed are recessed as at 10 in a line coincident with the under sides of the respective frame members `1 and the said legs 6 and .the legs 4 are of such height as to support the frame ofthe cot or bed at such distance above the floor surface that when the head end of the cot is projecting through an open window, the under side of the frame will rest upon` the window sill in the manner shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing. The frame vof the cot or-bed is preferably o f a width equal to the width of the window frame through which its head end is inserted and when prop erly positioned with respect to the window frame, the standards 8 will rest against the inner sides of .the stiles of thevframe andthe cross-piece 9 will project below the lower rail ofthe lower sash of the window, the sash beingloweredo allow this rail to rest upon the said cross-piece and the crossiece being cut away at its corners as at 11 to fit the stiles of the'window frame.

In order to protect the occupant. of the lcot or -bed from insects, a wire screen 12 is secured at its 4rear edge to theupper edge -of the head-board 3 as indicated by the numeral 13, and at its forward edge the said screen is secured to the under side of the rear 'port-ion of the cross-piece 9, the vsaid screen being folded from front to rear along lines extending above the sides of the frame whereby to form depending side portions V.to the said sides 1, yas at 15, and at their forward edges to the standards 8, as at 16.

Itwill be understood that not only does the screen 12 serve `to protect the occupant of the bed from insects butthat inasmuch as .the standards 8 Vrest 4aga-inst the inner sides -of lthe stiles .of the window frame, the insects are prevented from entering the room through the open window.

From the foregoing it will be readily understood that the bed may be readily arranged with its said portion lprojecting through the open window and when not in use may be readily moved to some other portion of the room, and that the occupant of the bed may breathe fresh air Without being subjected to drafts.

Having thus described t-he invention what is claimed as new is 1-. In a -oot or bed, a frame, supporting legs at the foot end of the frame, supporting legs located between the head end of the frame and the first mentioned legs7 the last mentioned legs having standards extending above the said frame, a cross-piece connecting the said upper ends of the standards, and a` screen stretched between the head end of the frame and the said cross piece and thesides of the frame andthe standards.

2. In a cot or bed, a frame, legs support- 4 ing the frame at its vfoot end, legs supporting the frame in advance of the head end thereof, and` standards securedv to the frame and extending thereabove and arranged to engage against the stiles of a' Window frame through which the head portion of the bed frame .is fitted.

3. In a cot or bed, a frame having a foot end and a head end, supporting legs at the footl end of the bed, supporting legs xed to the frame of the bed at points more or less removed from thezlhe'ad end of the bed and extending thereabove and arranged to engage against the stiles of a window .frame through which `the head portion of the bed frame is projected, a cross-piece connecting the upper ends of the standards, and a screen stretched between the head end of the bed frame andthe said crosspiece and having depending side portions" secured to the sides of the bed frame and tothe said standards.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY S. JONES. [1.. 5.]

Witnesses:

J. L. PA'rrERsoN, J. T. WHITLAW. 

